History at Murton event 2008

A small, multi-period living history event held at the Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Park, near York. It was well attended by several groups ranging from Boer War re-enactors to the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War to the Falklands War.
Particularly effective was a layout from re-enactors of the WW2 Russian 13th Guards who occupied the replica Bronze Age village at the museum which looked remarkably like a Russian peasant village.

Members of the 'Mainwarinings Mob' re-enactment group who recreate a unit of the British Home Guard during WW2. Although too old to join regular units and some have argued of potentially limited value during an actual invasion, they were of great mor...

Images of one of the un-sung heroines of the Anglo-Boer War - the steadfast Boer wives who provided for the fighters in the line and who, ultimately, were so poorly treated by the British policy of concentration camps (not to be confused with the lat...

A display of the equipment as carried by the soldiers and marines who fought in the Falklands War, 1982.
It includes all his webing, spare clothing, bergen, washing & cleaning gear, rations & cooking equipment, sleeping bag, NBC suit plus respirat...

A selection of re-enactors representing the British Army of the Rhine during the 1970's. They are dressed and equiped for the period in British DPM camouflage, '58 pattern webbing, puttees around the boots, and SLR L1A1 rifles (with the earlier woode...

The main light machine gun used by the British army since the 1960's. A 7.62mm, belt-fed workhorse that can lay down a heavy supporting fire from an infantry platoon or mounted on vehicles.
Displayed by the Forces80 re-enactment group.

A display of 2 light anti-armour weapons used by the British Army in the 1970's and 80's.
The larger of the two is the Carl-Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle shown sitting on it's bipod mount. Also shown are examples of it's armour-piercing rounds.
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An artillery piece looked after by members of the 20th Century Revisited group. It was a prominent infantry fire support weapon from the 1960's.
It was a 120mm recoilless rifle and had a range of between 800 and 1000 yards. It fired a HESH round w...

A pair of British SLR rifles as used by the British Army during the 1970's and 80's.
They were a 7.62mm semi-automatic, single shot version of the Belgian FN Assault rifle.
Displayed by the 20th Century Revisited group.

A member of La Columna, a re-enactment group representing the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War.
He is recreating the role of the Commissar, the person responsible in a Communist unit for morale, education, propaganda etc. He was ...

Members of La Columna re-enactment group depicting the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War - non-Spanish who for various reasons went to Spain to fight against the Nationalist forces of General Franco.
They are shown here in a more ...